arquejar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.kəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.keˈd͡ʒaɾ]

From arc +‎ -ejar.

arquejar (first-person singular present arquejo, first-person singular preterite arquegí, past participle arquejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to arc (bend something into the shape of an arc)
2. (pronominal) to arc (take the shape of an arc)

• arcar

From arca +‎ -ejar.

arquejar (first-person singular present arquejo, first-person singular preterite arquegí, past participle arquejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive, nautical) to measure the volume of a vessel

• arqueig

• “arquejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “arquejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “arquejar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arquejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• Hyphenation: ar‧que‧jar

arquejar (first-person singular present arquejo, first-person singular preterite arquejei, past participle arquejado)

1. to pant, gasp, wheeze
2. to yearn